Originally Posted by
Kitbag
Saw on Look East today
this appeal to raise money for restoration of XH648 which is looking rather tatty. This ac dropped 35 1000lb bombs during one sortie in the Indonesian Confrontation.
True in so far as it was in Singapore, it dropped 35x1000lb, and Confrontation was in progress. It did not drop the bombs on Confrontation but as a
PR effort. A photograph of the drop was displayed in SAC HQ at Offutt and the US then asked Bomber Command for a similar photo from a Vulcan.
It is worth mentioning that the Victor bomb load at the time was almost the same as a B52 - 51x750.